Musical Identities

Edited by Raymond R. MacDonald, David Hargreaves, and Dorothy Miell

The first book to explore the powerful effect that music has on our personality, values, and sense of identity

Includes contributions from many leading figures in music and developmental psychology

Accessibly written and attractively priced

Musical Identities

New Edition

Edited by Raymond R. MacDonald, David Hargreaves, and Dorothy Miell

Description

Music is a tremendously powerful channel through which people develop their personal and social identities. Music is used to communicate emotions, thoughts, political statements, social relationships, and physical expressions. But, just as language can mediate the construction and negotiation of developing identities, music can also be a means of communication through which aspects of people's identities are constructed. Music can have a profound influence on our developing sense of identity, our values, and our beliefs, whether from rock music, classical music, or jazz. Different research studies in social and developmental psychology are beginning to chart the various ways in which these processes occur. This is the first book to examine the extraordinary relationship between music and identity from a psychological perspective.

Musical Identities

New Edition

Edited by Raymond R. MacDonald, David Hargreaves, and Dorothy Miell

Table of Contents

1. What are musical identities and why are they important?, David Hargreaves, Dorothy Miell and Raymond MacDonald2. Origins of musical identity: evidence from infancy for musical social awareness, Colwyn Trevarthen3. Developing Musical Identities Musical identities and the school environment, Alexandra Lamont4. Developing a child's identity as a musician: a family 'script' perspective, Sophia Borthwick and Jane Davidson5. The self-identity of young musicians, Susan A O'Neill6. The solo performer's identity, Jane W Davidson7. Developing Identities Through Music Gender identity and music, Nicola Dibben8. Youth identity and music, Mark Tarrant, Adrian C North and David Hargreaves9. National identity and music, Goran Folkestad10. Music for individuals with special needs: a catalyst for developments in identity, communication and musical ability, Raymond MacDonald and Dorothy Miell11. Disability and identity in music therapy, Wendy L MageeName Index Subject Index

Musical Identities

New Edition

Edited by Raymond R. MacDonald, David Hargreaves, and Dorothy Miell

Author Information

Raymond MacDonald has been lecturing and researching in the psychology of music for a number of years, currently at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has also been Artistic Director for a music production company, Sounds of Progress, working with individuals with special needs, and is an experienced jazz saxophonist. David Hargreaves is Professor of child Development at the University of Surrey Roehampton and Visiting Professor of Research in Music Education at the University of Gothenburg Sweden. His publications which have been translated into 13 languages, include 'Musical Development and Learning: The International Perspective'. Dorothy Miell, Department of Psychology at the Open University has research interests in the study of close personal relationships, with recent work in two areas - the discursive analysis of accounts of identity development through relationships, and studies of the effects of relationshihp level and communication patterns on the nature of children's collaborative working, especially in creative tasks such as music making.

Contributors:

Sophia Borthwick, Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, UKJane Davison, Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, UKNicola Dibben, Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, UKGoran Folkestad, School of Music, Goteborg University, Sweden, UKAlexandra Lamont, Department of Psychology, Keele University, UKWendy Magee, Music Therapy Department, Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability, London, UKAdrian North, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UKSusan O'Neill, Department of Psychology, Keele University, UKMark Tarrant, Department of Psychology, Keele University, UKColwyn Trevarthen, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, UK